US Patent Issued to Treace Medical Concepts on Oct. 14 for "Multi-diameter K-wire for orthopedic applications" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,250, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Treace Medical Concepts Inc. (Ponte Vedra, Fla.).

"Multi-diameter K-wire for orthopedic applications" was invented by John T. Treace (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.), Sean F. Scanlan (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Michael Stedham (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-diameter fixation pin, such as a K-wire can be used during an orthopedic procedure. The multi-diameter fixation pin may include a leading diameter sized for the specific orthopedic procedure being undertaken and/or the size of the bone into which the fixation pin is being inserted. The multi-diameter fixation pin may includ...